2 HD (ATA133 & ATA100): Very slow file copying in one dire..

Hi everybody,

Can you help me ?

My old Dell Optiplex GX1 was upgraded with a Celeron 1.4 (OK) and an ATA133
ITE card, used as controller, without the RAID function (OK).

2 HD Hitachi: an old 120 Go (HD1, ATA100, as C + a new 250 Go (HD2,
ATA133, partitionned as D: + E, well recognized; all features OK for each
HD in Everest, for instance.

The system works well, except a 'little' problem:
- I can copy a large file (such as a 700 Mo video AVI) from C: to D: or E:
quickly;
- but if I try to copy such a file from D: or E: to C:, the system becomes
very very slow (id. for deleting a large file in D: or E:, but no problem in
C.

The two HD are connected to the ATA133 card, each of them as Master on
Primary (HD1) and Secondary (HD2) ports. I tried to connect them as Master +
Slave on Primary port only; the system runs, but my 'little' problem is the
same...

I tried, but couldn't 'downgrade' the ATA133HD to ATA100 (using the Hitachi
'Features Tool' dskt).

Thank you for any help !
--
Gargamel

ATA133 only runs at that speed with a maxtor hd.Youre controller might get
burst speeds of 133 if the right hd(s) were installed,as is try connecting
them
to youre MB IDE connections....

"Gargamel" wrote:

> Hi everybody,
>
> Can you help me ?
>
> My old Dell Optiplex GX1 was upgraded with a Celeron 1.4 (OK) and an ATA133
> ITE card, used as controller, without the RAID function (OK).
>
> 2 HD Hitachi: an old 120 Go (HD1, ATA100, as C + a new 250 Go (HD2,
> ATA133, partitionned as D: + E, well recognized; all features OK for each
> HD in Everest, for instance.
>
> The system works well, except a 'little' problem:
> - I can copy a large file (such as a 700 Mo video AVI) from C: to D: or E:
> quickly;
> - but if I try to copy such a file from D: or E: to C:, the system becomes
> very very slow (id. for deleting a large file in D: or E:, but no problem in
> C.
>
> The two HD are connected to the ATA133 card, each of them as Master on
> Primary (HD1) and Secondary (HD2) ports. I tried to connect them as Master +
> Slave on Primary port only; the system runs, but my 'little' problem is the
> same...
>
> I tried, but couldn't 'downgrade' the ATA133HD to ATA100 (using the Hitachi
> 'Features Tool' dskt).
>
> Thank you for any help !
> --
> Gargamel
>
>